🆕 Digital defenders pushing for #tech sector accountability face opaque business practices, inaccessible company structures & poor engagement - especially in the Global South. We spoke to #DigitalRights groups about their challenges & strategies... 1/ bit.ly/40KyERv

📢 BREAKING New CREA briefing finds western countries that have largely banned imports of oil from Russia imported EUR 42 billion worth of oil products from countries that have increased imports of Russian crude oil in the 12 month period since Russia’s invasion.

What are foreign policy experts worried about this year? The potential for major-power conflicts over Taiwan and Ukraine top CFR Preventive Action's annual survey. on.cfr.org/3V2Q7mr

As investor initiatives on human rights at Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman are taken up, Aaron Acosta Investor Advocates for Social Justice and Jeff Abramson Arms Control Assoc argue it's time for companies to embrace human rights due diligence in #LookingAhead blog forumarmstrade.org/blog/as-war-le…

NEW: Despite German gas giant Wintershall Dea's denials, our investigation exposes the connections between their Siberian gas fields and Russia’s military supply chains. gwitness.org/41Mf7Rq

EIRIS Conflict Risk Network has joined with InvestForRights & Heartland Initiative to add our voices to the condemnation of the violence in Sudan and the urgent calls for a permanent ceasefire and transition to a civilian government eiriscrn.net/joint-statemen…

In the face of escalating violence and the rapid deterioration of #HumanRights in #Sudan, the Investor Alliance, EIRIS Foundation, and Heartland Initiative today issue a public statement calling for a permanent ceasefire and transition to a civilian government bit.ly/42iRQH8

🆕 Electric vehicles are a crucial part of the energy transition. Are human rights respected in their supply chains? We took a close look at two critical Southeast Asia supply chains providing nickel essential for global #EV companies.. 1/ business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri… #JustTransition

We join Ekō & 22 other civil society groups calling on Meta shareholders to use their vote in today's AGM to ensure that Meta disclose the findings around serious human rights concerns in its business operations in India. #bizhumanrights actions.eko.org/a/letter-to-me…

Register here for the launch of our new report on the marriage of historic football clubs and authoritarian states ⬇️

As Russia finds itself on the brink of a civil war, “business as usual” is no longer an option. Companies still operating in Russia now face a whole new set of serious risks. It’s time to act responsibly, protect human rights and get out. This might be your last chance to leave🇷🇺

Putin says Wagner was entirely financed by the Russian state through the MOD and the state budget. From May 2022 to May 2023, the state paid Wagner 86 billion rubles and Prigozhin's catering company earned a further 80 billion, Putin says.

Putin admits #Wagner was financed by MOD! 86 bln rubles to #Prigozhin military group from state budget. It’s the same budget foreign companies in Russia pay #corporatetaxes to! More reason to finally #StopFundingTheWar?

The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine urges the international community to recognise russia as a high-risk jurisdiction and issue relevant market advisories to avoid contributing to terrorism and organised crime financing.

🔥POLITICOEurope writes: 'The Business of Staying' report, penned by civil society umbrella group B4Ukraine & the Kyiv School of Economics, found that in 2022, global corporations made $214B in revenues through their 🇷🇺 businesses alone — paying $3.5B in profit taxes. politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

We filed a public comment to NTIA urging policies that improve #transparency and oversight in AI. The joint filing argues that it is imperative that both investors and society are able to trust in the safety and credibility of #AI. loom.ly/zvj7mnM

We welcome the initiative from Adam Schiff, Congressman Bill Keating, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸, and @RepDinaTitus, urging Secretary Antony Blinken, Secretary Gina Raimondo to issue an advisory about the risks of doing biz in 🇷🇺, "which provides financial flows that the Kremlin is using to wage war & commit war crimes in 🇺🇦."

“Under international humanitarian law, civilians and civilian objects must not be the target of attack during armed conflict – an obligation equally applicable to cyber and digital operations,” write ICRC digital risk experts Joelle Rizk & Sean Cordey 1/ blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…